The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-12
a 6oTH4M GIRLS c4NDY.

The amount of candy consumed by Ameri-
can women Is q perpetual surprise to for
..sweeties,. as they cali them, and. in con-
sequence, have pink checks and good digSs-
tions. French women are fond of choco-
tstesi 6a 6 lnd1 F,Isz II mo.a9 FsstIIs o Tabbeg 3
or Jim CroWs!; On might az well picture
AN Apache eating q StrasbuTg pie. Only with
Americans is the candyhabit carried to excess.
and only in New York does it reach absolute
extravaganza. 1t would msle one of the
pretty San Franciscans openc!ler eyes If she
knew what portion of her allowance her
New York sister squanders at Hdyler's. A
but when you couple with this the fact
that nine out OF every ten girls
nave a candy man who ~testifieg
his devotion in weekly boxes of five pounds
weight, you begin to get an IDEA OF what
these fragile beauties. who look as if they are
ted on rose-leayes. manage to get through
from Sunday to Sunds.y. Candy men are
much In vogue now as sWeethearts. IN the
winter flower mem are more popular, be-
cause it il better to go to the opera with four
bouquets, which every, can see, than have a
big box of bon.bons, which is Visihleto only
n~alf-a-doZen glris-wnO are generally mean
enough not to s~aycanything aboutit. You
may put the card with compliments of Mr..
right in front of their eyes, and yet they will
stubbornly ignore it; and though they burn
to ask, by the "a is Monty Jones your
latest 7" they will nobly refrain. exhibiting a
self-controI most wonderful.
The candy man, it he has any sense, at the
apReoach of winter traHsfor1ns himself into a
flower mana proceeding which insures him
q smiling welcome from January to Decem-
Der. among men, SO / hear. the candy
racket is the most popular, for obvious
reasons. In the first place it is less expensive,
III price Of candies never varies. You are |
never liable to find that your purchase, in
stead OF being SO is $25, a surprise which is |
ant to- 3isconcert the most tr%iuniphantiy ex- |
pressjHlless dude. The only rifle to be OBJ
served buying candiesi is always TO get the |
best, Curb the warnings Of your soul to get
a dollars worth of molasses-which would be
q tight squeezed a good-sized hamper-trunk
-and take instead So w,prth Of 1~!aef7oss in
comes off black on your fingers every time
you touch it. Observe these simple rules
ard Won will be q successful candy man. But
e Win n ! NsnoIdnn y WAY snesr p prices es vary re- |
them. You. would be set down as mean if
you didn't buy the best and the latest. ii
son don't lay before the shrine Of your devo-
ton the first lilies III January, the first
h~eavy-headed. La Frances, and q bunch OF
/ bids occasionally. it will be said of you
ing the girls that you are st1ingy. As
comes high. The little bunch OF aHoly
GhoFts,'-no irreverence is interfaed-which
Ethel wears, fastened so daintily in the white
lace from which her shoulders rise smooth and
satiny, represents dear Choilie's lunches for
o month. Is it surprising that dear ChoIlie
pants for the return of spring, Id whose
ethereal mlIdneBs Holy Ghosts cease to exist,
and when Ethel will smile upon him over the
cover Of q baeket of aIaasrofs and crystallized
rose-leavesf That happy man who can COIN
bine candy and flowers enjoys q halcyon ex-
istence. He also enjoys o large bank ac-
a flying visit to Canada, from whose bourne
no wise traveller retnrneth until it's blown
over.H
candy among men is that the purchasing Of
it affords them much pleasure There is
nothing joyful in buying roses. The pur-
chaser is generally waited on by q man, who,
Cod rest Ills soul; in vioiets on q tuberose
pillow or, - basket OF Puritans TO the
Victoria. = or. "a spinning wheel in La
Frances for the Etruria at half-paat-tWo, =
etc. But in buying q box Of candy. q bevy
of beauteous girls futter about, hanging on
has words. and smiling tendeily. He sees
himself surrounded, he sees. in fact y sup
p FsI snong = nest RE- sh ba,i LES deadly aa qa Eba
shall wait on him; while beside him
stretches q long line Of ladies, waiting an
grIiy, and drumming on the glass with gilver
leonfectioner's IN the city, d lady cannot get
waited upon while there is q man in the I
oiling. There you stand and watch with I'M
cfeaslng fury the ssalesladfee'i smiling with
e~ast-iron detesfTninnstion upon enc wee sna
boz, or one old. old. gray-haired han, sure
w removed BY age from the ranks Of q sales
lady's legitimate prey, but who nevertheless
lsrlty. liz he vas only divinely, maddeningly
f~iands0He-the. D6lphian Apollo in baFgy |
trousers and d silk hat-one could for
give. But really handsome men are /
afraid to go within reach of these
sirens. They send their ugly friends, or
s1e1r sisters. The former come away with q
pleasant warmth about the cookies on the
heart. The latterH, temper Is upset for the
rest Of the day. Philanthropiets-sueh men /
~ Peter Cooper and George Peabody were
hey alivs-oould not do 4 more charitable
sct than hire relays De goOd-looking Young
men. dress them up In style and have them
sTsse s intervals Of fifteen minutes. TTey
world I'LL With Joy many hungry Eeminine
hearts. Ibis phase of the s~alesladfes' bard
4at has never been lookedintp, I ~reconnand
AslesS enlarged Lie sphere. and non cheers